Honey Roased Peanut butter

I live with a self proclaimed peanut butter addict. It is so bad that if I bring "the good stuff" into the house I have to hide it and only bust it out on special occasions...such as a bad day or desperation when there is no dessert. J only likes Smuckers All Natural Creamy PB...my wallet likes Jiff or whatever is on sale. We have been all about natural foods, healthy living and do it yourself type topics lately. Well in conversation at least, the healthy eating part is just taking flight. So J says, "why don't you make peanut butter? How hard can it be? My mom does it." Well right there I knew I would be making peanut butter. Geesh, he had to play the mom card? So on my weekly grocery shopping trip, I was faced with the wall of nuts. What was on sale, what did my little heart desire? When eating peanuts, I prefer the honey roasted, so why not try that? Home I went with my jar of nuts, which I had to steal back from J. The guy doesn't come carry in groceries, put them away or cook them, he just rifles through the bags like a mad man until he finds a treat to his liking and I am lucky if said treat lasts the day. That day he found the nuts.

I busted out the little mini food processor from the back of my pantry, poured about half a cup of nuts in and ground away. Note to self: I need a real food processor..my mini just can't handle the nuts, and it is a much longer process when you have to do half a cup at a time. Grinding..grinding...Now my nuts look like crumbs..hmm..keep grinding...now the nuts are jamming up my blade...still grinding... mini is starting to get a little warm to the touch...ah ha! Peanut butter! It really was a thing of beauty.

By the time I had done the whole batch I may or may not have killed the mini...smoke is a bad thing right? Guess I know what is going on my birthday list.

It took a good five minutes of processing to get that creamy consistency, but man was it worth it. We just sat on the couch with spoons, a jar of preserves and that PB for dessert. I would say it is certainly worth it to know exactly what you are eating, and there are often buy one get one deals, which makes it a much cheaper option than my darlings favorite Smuckers!